AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH TITAN MACHINERY, INC., FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASE OF ONE COMPACT WHEEL LOADER
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Linking Agreement with Titan Machinery, Inc., (Titan) for the cooperative purchase of one compact wheel loader in an amount not to exceed $95,728.49, contingent upon Council budget approval.
Background
The Right of Way Division in Public Works is responsible for landscape maintenance in the right of way and on undeveloped city-owned property. The division's current wheel loader is over 17 years old, well beyond the operational life expectancy of 11 years.
Titan was awarded a bid for Earth Moving and Construction Equipment by the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC). Staff is requesting to utilize the H-GAC government to government Cooperative Purchasing Program, of which Glendale is a member. Contract No. EM06-15 was awarded by H-GAC on June 1, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2017.
Cooperative purchasing allows counties, municipalities, schools, colleges and universities in Arizona to use a contract that was competitively procured by another governmental entity or purchasing cooperative. Such purchasing helps reduce the cost of procurement, allows access to a multitude of competitively bid contracts, and provides the opportunity to take advantage of volume pricing. The Glendale City Code authorizes cooperative purchases when the solicitation process utilized complies with the intent of Glendale's procurement processes. This cooperative purchase is compliant with Chapter 2, Article V, Division 2, Section 2-149 of the Glendale City Code, per review by Materials Management.
Analysis
Replacement of the existing wheel loader is expected to reduce maintenance cost and downtime for the Right of Way division. When the truck...
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